KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) – This is always the biggest week of the year for the sprint car racing community, which converges on rural Iowa for the famed Knoxville Nationals.
But it’s been tough for some outsiders to focus solely on the so-called Super Bowl of the sport with three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart laid up in a nearby hospital, his Sprint Cup title hopes derailed by a sprint car spill.
Stewart’s crash Monday at the nearby Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa has brought national scrutiny to the riskier side of sprint car racing, a grass roots sport with a devoted fan base.
Stewart remains hospitalized in Des Moines while his sprint car team prepared for the start of a four-day long event, which is expected to draw as many as 90,000 fans.
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